#BDB2BF#BDB2BF

#BDB2BF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.022 H 321.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB2BF
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 191)
HSL	hsl(291, 9%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(291, 7%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 6.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.82, 6.29, -5.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.82, 8.16, 320.48°)
OKLab	oklab(77.67% 0.017 -0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(77.67% 0.022 321)
XYZ	xyz(46.3092, 46.4215, 55.8007)
Luminance	0.4642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB2BF #B4BFB2

analogous

#B7B2BF #BDB2BF #BFB2BB

triadic

#BDB2BF #BFBDB2 #B2BFBD

tetradic

#BDB2BF #BFB7B2 #B4BFB2 #B2BBBF

square

#BDB2BF #BFB7B2 #B4BFB2 #B2BBBF

split-complementary

#BDB2BF #BBBFB2 #B2BFB7

monochromatic

#837087 #A091A3 #BDB2BF #DAD3DB #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BDB2BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#BDB2BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB2BF

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB2BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB2BF	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B5C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B6BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb2bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.022 321.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9d2',
    500: '#bdb2bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb2bf;
$custom-light: #d0c9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb2bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.769,
    "s": 9.22,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77667,
    "c": 0.0219,
    "h": 321
  },
  "luminance": 0.46421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB2BF

secondary

#E4E7E4

accent

#93525C

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB2BF

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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